WHEN IS ZEPEDA VS VARGAS?
Jose Zepeda is set to face the challenge of Josue Vargas on Saturday 30th October 2021 at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.
The fight will take place over 10 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which means the weight limit will be 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 KG).
ZEPEDA VS VARGAS STATS
Jose Zepeda steps into the ring with a record of 34 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 26 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Josue Vargas will make his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggest Zepeda has a large advantage in power over Vargas, boosting at 76% knock out percentage over Vargas' 47%.
Jose Zepeda is the older man by 9 years, at 32 years old.
Vargas has a height advantage of 1 inch over Zepeda.
Both Jose Zepeda & Josue Vargas fight out of a southpaw stance.
Zepeda is the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 5 years and 10 months earlier than Vargas, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He has fought 43 more professional rounds, 156 to Vargas' 113.
Jose Zepeda goes into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBC, 5 by the WBO and 3 by the RING at super lightweight.
ZEPEDA VS VARGAS FORM
Zepeda has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.
In his last fight, he won against Henry Lundy on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Previous to that, he had won against Ivan Baranchyk on 3rd October 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at The Bubble, MGM Grand, Nevada.
Going into that contest, he had beat Kendo Castaneda on 7th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had defeated Jose Pedraza on 14th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.
He had defeated Eleazar Valenzuela on 18th May 2019 by unanimous decision in the 10th round at Deportivo del Sindicato del Metro , Distrito Federal, Mexico.
ACTIVITY CHECK
Zepeda's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 9 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 5 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 9 rounds on average.
WHAT TIME DOES ZEPEDA VS VARGAS START?
The fighters are expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, United States, which is around 2:00 AM GMT in the UK.